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I,,-fort- closing our paper, we received from our Re-
, ,, v of the following highly importunt Executive
communication, which we hasten to lay before our nm.lerfr,
J«*avii» ,r way our I«» fi>rm his own juiAgim-ul to ,l,e
il ItolcU nut of a r purely uml specific tcimmutiuli ul out
difficulties in Maine: Xal. Intel.
U ASHINfil on . *' eo. _/, J oo.l.
To the House of Representative* <j the Lulled Slates:
I transmit to Congress copies of various oilier documents
received from the Governor of Maine, relating to the dis-
,,111(1 I,cl w t en that State und tbe province of New-Brutis-
„ jck, which formed the subject of my Message of theCfitn
inst., and also n copy of a nieinofauduni signed by thu
Secretary of State of tbo United Stales and lb r Britannic
Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipiilcn-
liai V near the Enin d Suites, of llie terms upon which il is
believed all collision can he avoided on the fioutier, con
sistently with, uml respecting the claims on either side.
As the British Minister acts without specific authority
from his Government, it will be observed that this memo
randum lias hut the force of recommendation on the i’to-
viuciu! authorities and on the Goveininenl of the State.
M. VAN BL'KLN.
MEMORANDUM.
Her Majesty’s authorities consider il to have been 1111-
derstood and agreed upon by the two Governments, that
,fj e territory in dispute between Great-l’riluin and the
United States, on tin Northcnsteli Cloutier. should remain
exclusively under British jurisdiction until the final scilie-
rncnl of the boundary question.
The United Slates Government have not understood the
ubovo a ,r recincnt in the same sense, but consider, on the
contrary, that there has been no agreement whntever for
tl,c exercise liv Great B ritiiiuol exclusive jurisdiction over
the disputed territory, or any portion thereof, Lul a mu
tual understand.ng that, pending the negotiation, ihe juris- I
diction then exercisi d by either party, over small portions j
«l the territory in dispute, should not he enlarged, hut be !
continued merely for the presetvntion of local trar.quil-
Jjtv and ibe public property, botii forbearing as far as prnc- j
vie,able to exert any authority, and when any should he ex- ■
ricised by either, placing ujion the conduct ol each other .
tin: most favorable construction.
A complete understanding upon the question, thus pine- i
c l at issue, of present jurisdiction, can only he arrived al j
bv friendly discussion between the Govermenls of the Uni
ted States and Great Britain ; and, as it is confidently hoped j
that there will lie an early settlement of the question, this
subordinate point of difference can he of hilt little moment. ;
In tin; mean time the Governor ol the Province of New- |
Brunswick and the Government of the State of Maine will I
net as follows: ller Majesty’s officers will not seek to
expel bv military force the armed parly which has been ]
sent by Maine into the district hindering on the Aroostook ■
river; I,iit the Government of Maine will voluntarily, and |
without needless delay, withdraw beyond the bounds id j
I lie disputed territory any armed force now within them; j
and, if future necessity should ari-e for dispersing noton- 1
ous trespassers, or protecting public property from ileprc- |
datum by armed force, the operation shall he conducted
bv concert, jointly or separately according to agreements I
between the Governments of .Maine and New Brunswick. ,
Thu civil officers in the service, respectively, of Now- j
Brunswick and Maine, w ho have teen taken into custody I
bv the Opposite parties, shall he released.
Nothing in ibis memorandum shall he construed to j
fortify or to weaken in any respect whatever the claims of
(titter party to the ultimate possession ol the disputed
territory.
The Minister Plenipotentiary of her Britannic Majesty
having no specitic authority to make any arrangements on
toe subject, the undersigned can only recommend, as they
now earnestly do, to the Govei nmeiits of Ncw-Mrtinsw irk
Hurl Maine, to regulate their fulnre proceedings according
to the terms herein before set forth, until the final settle-
mont of the torriiural dispute, or until lint G iveri.menls of
■ lie Culluil States and Gn at Britain shall come m some
definitive conclusion on the subordinate point upon which
flwv are now- at issun.
JOHN FORSYTH, Secretary < f State
cj Ihe I itilrd Stole* of Norik America
11. S. FOX, 11 B. M. Envo;/ Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary.
W asmlnoton, February 27, looiL
TUT. INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.
Ye*ter<Ji«v, the Investigating Committee of the (louse
«»t Koj»rcsi*iitMtiv<*?* on iVf-tlcnlions, to whose labor* the
country has been looking with «b*ep anxiety for sonic* week*
j'«st, not lie u report to the HoU*e, through ihi*ii Chairman,
Mr. Ilariun. Tilt? report is vohiminnti*, but s»u redcicrd
to svsit'in in its composition and nriniigomciJt <>l facts ns
will rentier it most convcnieiiL lor me, as well as easy ol
comprebension. \W luiw ibe pleasure ol pn sen ting; to
our readers, in tbe subjoined exiracts, the prefatory re
marks of tbe report, and the cuaclu-ion* which the Com
mittee deduced from the testimony taken I y tb**m. These
► peuk in terms of alarming reprehension in regard to the
manner in which have been, of late, exeruted the duties
of several of ihe primary offices of the (iov< rament. neon
the etfic.ieiicy ot whose adminis* ration the security 4 it I he
fmtional in.’ isnre must ever de[*ei.d. Hut, not Laving j
had time to read attentive!) tin* l.udy of the repott, we
cannot attempt to s iv how far, if at all, the co«iclu>ii*us
exceed the strength of their premises. We conserjer.t!v
cannot do more now than promise a recurrence to the sub
ject at an * uilv day.
Tie Minoiity of the Commit to* nUn ?nl»mirc<! n report,
the leading features of which, so far as they lull short ol
n clear implication of efiiceis ot Government, embody, we
understand, some sinip.iai position*, well.worthy ol notice \
hvieuf er in our columns.—isalicnul Inlvlh grncer.
ERF.FAToRf KF.MAKK5 OF THE COMMITTEE'S KFTOKT. j
The Select Coinrniilee, rliosrn by the House of Kcprr- j
sentatives on the 17th m.d lb‘th ultimo, to *..\estiva :r» the
defalcations of Samuel Soar!wont, Into collector ol the
customs at the prut of Ncw-York, and of other officers,
have devoted to ihe faithful discharge of the duties as
signed them, the limited time u!lowed for the purpose, hy
the shortness of the present session ofConciess.
It was most obvious, however, that the whole field of
inquiry presented by fhe resohili-ni appointi» tj the Com
mittee, could not he properly liawrscd to report thneon,
rither satisfactorily to the country or to the Committee,
during the short remainder of the present Congress. i his
impressed upon the Committee at once a resolution, which
lias hwen rigidly adhered t«>, of limiting the investigation
to sur h branches of the subjects referred l<> them as had
inasi deeply rxcited puhlie anxiety and alarm, anti to ua-
dortuke only *0 mil'll of these as might he thoroughly ex
amined within the allotted period of ihe Committee’s re
searches. Uut the important results which have hern at
tained, notwithstanding the disadvantages adverted to.
cannot fail to inspire the country with a confident hope,
that tin? high obligation which will rest upon (he succes
sors of tin.* ]»rt sent Congress in the Legislature of the na
tion, to resume n-d complete the great, work of investiga
tion and lelorin of t-wr alarming condition m d abuses nl
the Executive Depart men is of the Government, from the
highest to the ]owe#f, «nd from the nearest to lhe remotest
functionaries, will engage the prompt end (Orient atten
tion which its magnitude demands.
Guided solely by the diameter of the development*
which the investigation imposed upon them by the II* use
has elucidated, the Committee cannot resist il e mi.v icihm,
that at no period in the history of the federal Govern
ment has there been deeper or better f.nmded cause than
exists at the present moment, for evc*y patriot heart to
desire a prompt co isummarion of that signal “ (oak of
reform" which public sentiment many years since in
scribed on the list of Executive duties, in characters ton
legible to be overlooked, requiring, *• par1 teniarlx, the
“ correction of those abuses that have brought the patroti-
“ age of the Federal Government into conflict, with the
** freedom of elections, and the counteraction of these
** causes which h ire disturbed the rightful course of ap-
4t pointmrntf a \d have placed or continued, j.otccr in
*' UNFAITHFUL or IN COM I’KTK. NT HAMlS.”*
The first procedure of the Committer, after organizing
itself for business, was to visit the city of New-York, to
inspect there, in person, the original records and papers
•»f the custom lions'*, in coiijn-nctinn wi:h the examination
of such witnesses as might he ^opposed capnldo of shedding
light upon the inquiry involved hv tin- defalcations of Mr.
Ifinartwnut. Thenrrforward this branch of the iuvoliga-
fion was conducted pursuant to the resolution of the
House, viz: to ascertain ** the » ati<es and extent’’ (*t those
defalcations ; the lengrh itf time tiny have existed ; tbe
correctness of the returns whic h have been rradr by Mr.
Swart wont, and fiy tlie naval cNherr at or!*, and by
other officers connected with the adjustment of his Ac
counts.
Concurrently with the Investigation «f >fr.. Swavtwout’s
defalcations, those of W illiam M. Trire, late district at
torney in "Ncw-York, were likewise kept hi vi« w :• and the
fullest p;* icticable extent of information respiting them
has been obtained, and will be adverud to in the st quel
of this report.
The correctness of the returns which have been made
bv the present collector of customs and the naval oflrh-c i:
nt the port of New-York, was also nought to he examined*
by the Committee while in that city. ** Considering that
the customs collected at Ncw-lork equal nearly two-
thirds of the whole amount in all the United Slates.’* as
stated in the special repot l of the Secretary of the 1 rea-
^ury on Mr. Swartwout’s dafaicatkms, (House, doc. 13,
p. fi, of .the present session,) the Comrniitee did i.ol sup
pose that they sliouhl faithfully disrhat^e their ihir\ to the
House, or pay a proper deference to that patriotic di.-tru>t
which pervades the country at the preset f time in regard
to the affairs ol the cu>tom-ljou?e at^New-\ ork, wete they
Xo limit tht ir inquiries to the returns of t»!.e hit** collector
fcttd naval officer, and ncgiect entirely llmse ol their suc
cessors, which must, at all times, be to the country of
tNjual interest with the former, arrd. at rhr present time,
«*l even m *re immediate importance to rhe security of the
notional Treasury. But, in tbe < xecnriwn of so much of
this part ol their inquiries as related to the present collect
or of New-} ork, they were compelled to encounter most
unexpected obstacles, interposed by the collector himself,
setting nt defiance the ant hoi »tv delegated to the Com
mittee hy the House. The frets < oiu.eclcd with the baf-
iC<vendeavors <ff the CoiumirtenTo obtain ii.fut mat'ioti for
!" e ^ 0,, se and country from this ( fficer of'lhe Uxrcutivc
- • a neb «.fil,t Goven;meiit, who is i;i immediate chat-eof
and control over j»ublic moneys, that “ equal nearly two-
thirds of the whole amount" collected fioni the customs
** in all the L niteei States f will be mot e specially detailed
in n subsequent portion of this report.
The Committc*; will remark here, that, in the onset of
the investigation they have made, they supposed it both
proper and safe to place themselves somewhat confidingly
under the guidance of the several special reports w Inch
had been made to the House upon the subject of Mr.
Swarlwout s defalcations, by tbe Treasury officers, pre
vious to the appointment of the Committee—combining,
in this view*, reports from the Secretary of the Treasury,
tin* First-Comptroller, the Solicitor, and First Auditor of
the 1 iv usury, hs exhibited in House, document 13. It,
however, very soon became evideul that those reports
were not to he implicitly relied on as auxiliaries in finding
o?*t eith* r I lit? law or the facts of the case; and that, on
the contrary, they furnished hut uij oblique vi« \v of botii
the causes and duration of Air. Swart wout’s defalcations,
as also of the law and many material fin ts which develope
1 tie true character of those defalcations. Of necessity
therefore, these reports, although emanating from the
highest orders of official functionaries employ'd in ihe
collection and disbursement of tbe public levenues, be
came the subjects of as cautious and critical examination
as any other portions of evidence which the case present
ed, and as such it will be obligatory upon the Committee
to Heat them in this rej 011.
In reviewing the details ol their labors, so that the pro-
giess and results of them may be presented in the simplest
foim, the Committee propose to consider—
1'akt I. The defalcations ot Mr. Swaitwout.
1’aiitH. 1 lie defalcations of Mr. Price.
Part III. llie correctness of the rot urn* which have
been made by the present collector and naval officer of ihe
port of New \ ork, respectively.
Part IV . 1 lie defalcations among receivers of the pub
lic money.
Part V. rlie facts connected with the foregoing defal
cations, and deemed material to develop iheir true charac
ter.
Kuc 1. of 1 ho <1 ’visions tluis prnpnsrd will proper!v in
volve tin: l;i\v appertaining to it, io< the appropriate ud-
jnni t of its facts. And us the language of the law itself
v\ ill in each instance be riled in detail, that its authority
and injunction may l»e correctiy wndersood hy every one,
so thcJunguage of the individual testimony relied on in
each instance will he adduced, that its import, and force
may be left l eiiher to uncertain construction or doubtful
inference. ihe increased iideiity of their report, in the
estimation of the Committee, wilt be, by this'mode, an am
ple uflset to its consequent enlargement.
Befmc pro* '.ceding to the genet a I topics of this report,
as already laid down, it may he proi er hi re to express llie
deep sense of ili-appoinum nt and regret v hieh the Com
mittee feel, in not being able to con municute to the House
(iiicdocument that was culled for at an eaily day, regarded
as having tin imperial.I and interesting influence upon the
judgment which the House nughl ioiin on the subject ol
defalcations among public officers, and the causes which
have ltd to their multiplication. Il will he perceived
1101:1 the following letter, (Iml llie Committee availed it
self of the carlies! period after theii orgunixalion to make
a call upon the (’resident to furnish a list of the defalca
tions that have taken place among collectors, receivers,
and disbursing officers of public money, and other public
officers, since til ■ -fill ol Mutch, showing the
amount of -e ach. See.
.More than four weeks have now elapsed since that call
was made upon the j’rcsiilenl, and the only inloi mation
which the Cominutee lias obtained lo report upon to the
House is contained in the following letter; the distinguish
ing feature of which information is. that still more lime
than even the whole remainder of thcsrssioii will lie requi
site to answer the call, tium this the CouiiniUcu are com
pelled n luctiintly to infer, eilhci —
1st. 'i hat the accounts and records of lh« several De
partments, in general, are so incomplete and defective us
not 10 exhibit, without great labor and delay, the true re
lations of collectors, receivers, and disbursersof the pub
lic money, and of oilier officers of tl.e (invert.mem, as to
distinguish debtors f.om defaulters, and creditors iiom
hot h.
~d!y. i bat. the number of the defaulters have multipli
ed so r.ipidiy since ld‘2.'), under the system of accountabil
ity pursu-al Inwards col.ectnrs, receivers, and disbuisers
of llie puhl.c money, and other officers, as to preclude the
practicability of receiving an account current of thtir de
falcations uiili all the clerical force at the command ot
those Departments, under existing laws and appropria
tions.
If either inference he just, (mid none oilier of equal
weight seems to he fairly deducible from thu letter of llie
Secretary of the treasury,) it manifests a laxiiv of ad
ministration which demands the earliest application of
suitable remedies within the reach of Congress and of thu
country.
t or the pit pel * No*. 1 and tl, referred to in the sub
joined letter, reference is lespectfullv made lo tbe journal
ot the committee, p. 470 and onwmd.
TitKAsLur Dei’.mitmekt, Feb. 13. 1330.
Silt; I bo President, u:i llie -3 l ultimo, referred lo this
Department the following resolution, passed by the Inves
tigating Committee.:
" lit solved, ’I lint the President of the United State* ho
requested localise this committee lo bo.furnished hv the
propiyr Executive Depart ment with u table showing the «1«-
fu lent ions which have oceurcd among the collectors, re
ceivers, and dishursers ol public rnonty, and other public
officers, since the 4t.b day of March, 131.9; llie names of
the. delimiters ; the amount of each defalcation ; when
each case ore urn il; the length of time each case has existed;
what steps luive I icon taken l.v tlie proj cr departments or
officers to [irosecute tin* 'lefaulteis and to secure tbe Uni
ted States, in each case; and what defaulters are retained-
in the same offices in which they became defaulters, or
have been appointed to other offices.”
He accompanied it with a request that a I Idle informa
tion desired should he procured as early as practicable, and
submitted hv me lo the commit tec. Accordingly, on the
same day, 1 enclosed copies of it to other Departments,
mid also lo the proper bureaus in the Treasury Depart
ment. and desired that replies might he furnished, so fur
as in their power, and ns soon as in their power, to the sev-
nal inquiries made. I fur!bar requested the bureaus con
nected with this Department to employ any extra tis.sis-
i.anee that could be advantageously applied in hastening
l heir auswci s.
I would now inform the committee that great progress
lias been made ill respect to those purls of the answers
connected with the Register’s office, and till which could
he made, consistent w i I It the difficulty and extent of the
labot, in the Third Auditor’s office. But it is feared that,
on iircotinl of this labor, and the great mass o' previous
calls hy committees and hy the two Houses of Congress,
which arc also to he answered, besides transacting the cur
rent business in the different bureaus, the whu.e details
and tlie tabular statement required tunnot he completed
during the session. Every effort, however, w hieli under
all the circunistnt res can he made, is believed lobe exert
ed to meet the rail at the curliest day practicable.
In respect lo the last blanch of the resolution, asking
“ what delaulteiY arc retained in tl.c* same i Hires in w hich
they hi-came defnnltets, or have hi cn appointed toother
offices.” 1 nttt able to present the r pint of the Register,
from his office, w hich exhibits such names as arc on his
hooks connected with the fclarc aid Treasury Depart
ments. It is annexed, and contains no name as to this,
and lint one as to the fr-tate Department. 'I lial one is
Commodore D. i’oitcr; and bv tbe correspondence an
nexed, it will be seen that he does not consider hintself a
delimiter, though he stands charged oil tbe Register’s
In «ks for a considerable sum on account of priae money,
tis explained in the pnpeis (Nos. 1 tnd 2.)
Respectfully, LEVI WOODBURY,
Secretary cf Ike Treasury.
Hon. JUSTUS I I A III AX'.
(Jh'iirtr.an <J Investigatiug Committee.
IBi.cg'j
-ddrccs of Firaident Jack;
larch i, lt'PJ
baht i.—tiie ur.rai.catons op mu, sWart-
WOUT.
J. THE EXTENT OF Jill. SWAUTVl OUT'S DEFAt-CATfOHS.
Conclusions of the Committee..
1st. Tbnl Mr. Sw tit tw out is a defaulter to Government,
as appears l.v his own n turns, as adjusted from time to
time til the Tt'cnsuiy Def at Itrt i t, in the sum of one mil
lion two I nidi ill and tvi t.ty-five thousand seven hundred i
and five dollars and sixty-nine cents.
2.1. 1 hat this amount cf inrlchli duess has accumulated j
upon the face of the qrmitcrlv am utils regularly relurccd
1. v him for adjustment at the Titu.-ury Department, with
out the omission <f any of either items, tk bit or credit
thereon, in.til it h« pttine an absolute d.-falcatien.
2. the deration ok swakT^vogt's defalcation.'.
Conclusions of the Committee
I-t. That III! moneys ft ceivcd hy Mr. Swaitwout as col
lector prior ut 133?, were regularly arn tinted for by him
in his quarterly returns fo the Treasniy Department.
2d. That so tniirh of all nnui-ys received by Mr. Swnrt-
wtmt i>i i >r to 1337, and nrcoimu tl for to the 1 rensury De-
pa it incut in his quaitcrly re turns, ns weie not paid by him
into the Treasury, were rettiiiicd hy hint under the tacit
aetptir•st-ence of the ncceiinling officers of the Treasury ;
anti regularly rarriid ftu wjjrd, del itt d to hintself, in.the
balance of each sul.si qnent quarterly acccnnl ret dc-red by
him to tfir Treasury Depiifltncut to the close of the term
of his uf.ite.
3th 1 hat Ids omission to carry a debit to himscll of the
moneys received by him from the Treasury, or front othei
sources, pilot to 1337, to the close of accounts kept only
at the custom-house, called his cask accounts, and his cat
rvittg a debit lo himself of any such items It. any ether t
class of accounts kept only at the custom house, called
suspense and unsettled accounts, or by any other name ,
would not opera-te as a concealment, innocent: or fraudu
lent, from the Tteustfry Department, of the true cash ba
lance itt his hand's. Find, because neither his cash ac
count. t or his suspense and unsettled account, nor any
other subordinate secoant, kept at the custom-house, was
ever exhibited to, or tintfned the basis of any quarterly set
tlement made hy hint witb the accounting officers of the
Treasury. Secondly, born use in bis quarterly accounts
settled at ibr Trensurv Department, the aggregate and-trae
balance of all Ids subordinate accounts Lent at tbe cus
tom-house, including botii his cash account and suspense
account, w as uniformly, prior to 1337, c arried into Ins
quarterly a 'cotitg under the ilei-tuei* 11 case, and uitsctlltd
accounts.. ’ —
4th. That the defalcations of Mr. Swartwout. by means
of fraud anti false returns, commenced in 1337, and not
sooner, and have existence since that period ; and the de
falcations thus accruing, added to the moneys previously
retained hy hint, according to his returns lo the-Treasury
Department, and by the silent acquiescence of the officers
of that Depat intent until the close of his term of office,
constitute the aggregate of his defalcations at the pa sea'
period.
3.—IHE CAUSES OF MK. SWART WOf^S DEFALCATIONS.
Cause 1. ’I lie irresponsibility o: Mr. Swartwout in
pecuniary character at the time of his appointment lo of
fice.
Conclusions of the Committee.
1st. That at the time of Mr. Swartwout’s appointment,
and of his reappointment to office, lie was wholly irrespon
sible in pecuniary reputation, and was involved in debt.
2d. '1 hat at. the lime of his appointment and of his reap
pointment, and for the whole period he was in office, he
was notoriously engaged in large ami hazardous specula
tions, mid deeply embarrassed by them. "
3d. That his pecuniary responsibility and consequent
involvements by hazardous speculations, constitute one
of the primary causes of his defalcations to the Govern
ment.
Cause IT. Culpable disregard of law, and neglect of
official duty, by the lute naval officer at New-York.
Conclusions of the Committee.
1st. That the late naval officer at the port of New-Y’ork
throughout the ten • of his service, from 1329 lo 1333,
wholly disregarded the requirements of law prescribing the
duties id Iris office.
2d. That said naval officer, for the same period, wholly
disregarded the instructions jf the Comptroller of the Trea
sury of November 10, 1321.
3d. That said naval officer, hy so disregarding the re
quirements of law and the inst ructions ol the Treasury
Department, culpably neglected to keep tlie accounts,
and records appertaining to his offire,and thereby render-
e! the i flicc nugatory as a check on the accounts of the col
lector.
4th. That if the duties of said naval officer, ns author
ized and d.reeled by existing laws, bad been executed
with piuper care and vigilance, they would have render
ed it impracticable lot any fraud orenor in any of the
accounts ol the collector of said port lo escape immediate
detection.
5th. That the culpable disregard of the plain require
ments of law and of Treasury instructions prescribing the
duties of tiitvtil officers, by said naval officer, and his con
tinued neglect of official duly is a primary cause of the im
mense defalcations ul the lute collector of New-Y ork.
Cause 111. Culpable disregard of law and neglect of
official duty bv the Fiisl Auditor of the Treasury.
Conclusion* of the Committee.
1st. That the First Auditor of the Treasury has been
guilty of culpable disregard of law, and neglect of duty,
in examining and certifying l i e correctness of the accounts
of the lult: collector at New-Y’ork without having com
pared them thoroughly w ith the vouchers accompanying
the same; uml also in tn nsmittiug said accounts to the
First Compltoiler, certified for revision, while the most
importunt vouchers therefor were retained in his own
office.
2d. That no fruuil practised hy the said collector in his
weekly returns of cash to tbe Secretary of the Treasury !
could a fled the true and just settlement of tile accounts of I
said collector at the Auditor’s office, as said w eekly returns I
form no part of ibu basis of tlie settlement of said quae- !
feriv accounts by the auditor; ami therefore furnish no
apology for the neglect of the Auditor to examine the same
thoroughly.
3d. That w ithout the aid of tlie register of bond ac
counts of collectors, required hy law and 'Treasury circu
lar to lie kept by the Auditor, lo enable him to detect
li jtids and defalcations, if uny exist, the said Auditor could (
have thoroughly examined said Swartwout'* quarterly ac
counts during uny quarter said Auditor has been in office,
inasmuch as Llie original quarterly accounts w ere retained,
against law.in his office, and furnished the same means of
comparison tis a register weufil have furnished.
4th. Thai, in the culpable disregard of law uml neglect
of duty, as aforesaid, by said Auditor, is found u primary
cause why the defalcations of said Swartw out in 1337. and
subsequently, escaped early detection, and have resulted
in the probable loss of the public treasure.
Cause: IV. Culpable disregard of law and neglect of
duty hy the late at.d present Comptrollers ol the Treasury.
Conclusions of the Committee.
1st. That the late Comptroller of the Treasury, George
Wolf, Esq., now collector of tbe port of f’bilade!pbhi, wits
guilty, while in said office of Comptroller, ot culpable dis
regard of law and neglect of duty, both in regard to the
bonds of collectors filed in l.ist IT.ec, and the records there
of required by law, and in settling and certifying to the
Register the accounts of Samuel Sw at tw out. lute i ollector,
without having transmitted to hint the vouchers there fur
required by positive injunctions of law.
2d. That tlie present Comptroller of the Treasury has
been guilty of culpable disregard ot law and neglect of du
ty in settli g ami certifying to the. Register the quarterly
accounts of Samuel Sw urtu out, late, roller lor, w it bout hav
ing transmitted to him the vouchets therefor required h_\
positive injunctions of law.
3d. That said Comptroller is also guilty of rtilpablcjdisrn-
gtird of law uml neglect of duty—1st. In not having sought
and ascertained from the "invoices and appraisements” ut
Lite distent-house, e.tbi r through the Solicitor of the Trea
sury or otherwise, tlie true amount n{ Svvartwoul’s claim
upon the 4201,00(1, retained hy him in going out of oilier
as suggested in the letter of the district attorney that was
before him, dnt**d April 25, 1353. 2dly. In not causing
the accounts of said SwaiTwotil to be forthwith staled, or
instituting measures therelor, immediately on the neglect
of said Swartwout to return and settle his accounts at
the expiration of tire time allowed him l.v law for llmt
purpose, to wit : in tbo early part of July, 1335. 31!y.
In Continuing the same neglect, mid forbearing to issue
warrants of distress against said Swart wont and his sure-
tie* from the 3lst of August, 1333, when apprized by the
letter of tire. First Auditor that said accounts still remain
unsettled, until the month ol November, w lieu the detection
of Swartwout’s huger defalcation was cumtminteatrd from
New-Y’ork.
4th. That the Adininistrnitmi of it is murk erf vfit'Fi scrii
signal inefficiency, ns well ‘.is neglect of dirty, a.v render |
nugatory niitnv of the must important chi cks upon the |
First Auditor, and collectors, receivers, and dishursers ol j
the public moneys, w hich the laws creating and regulating j
its duties contemplated and have sufficiently provided.
5th. 'That in said disregard of law und neglect of duty
hy the said Comptrollers, and inefficiency of the office GB*
now administered, is to be Idund it primary cause ol Eire im
mense defalcations of the late collector at the port of N'ew-
York, and consequent loss of the public, money.
C A US !■: V. The discontinuance of I lie u.-e nl banks ns de
positories of the public tnjitteys, and permitting the same
to nccu tiulate in l lie hands of Mr. Swartwout.
Cause: VI. The negligence and failure of the Secretary
of the I reasurv to discharge his duty, a* the head of (he
Trensurv Department, charged by law with the superin
tendence of the collection of the revenue.
Conclusions of the Committee.
1st. That, of late years, important i onks of records, de
signed to contain a condensed statement ol the accounts and
liabilities of collectors of customs, weekly, monthly, and
quarterly. have been permitted to fait into disuse in the De- |
partmer.L of the Secretary of tie 1 uastity, and thereby \
tender nugatory many of ti.e essential checks upon delal- •
rations oftl.nl class of officers arising from existing laws
and Treasury regulations.
2d. Tlie negligence and failure of the Secretary of the ]
Treasury to discharge his duty, tis the head ot the 1 reasu- i
ry Department, charged by law with the superintendence I
of the collection of ti e revenue, and bis want of a correct I
appreciation of the before named records in the superinten- j
dcticc oftlie collection of the public revenues, and lire con- j
sequent neglect to continue and rnrwplete them, are justly j
reganl- d ns a primary cause id tfm escape from detection, \
for so long a period, of llie immense defalcations of the late j
rolb etor tit the port of New-Y ork,
3d. That tin* Secretary of the. Trensm-y has been want- j
ing in a proper discharge of bis duty in office, in permitting I
Samuel Sivar wont, late collector of New-Y ork, q,uic *y lo :
retain tlie sum of $201,030 after being out i f office, under ,
pretext of indemnify ing himse.ll against, claims of import
ers for duties paid him under protest, and lial In hy him
to be Fefnmh fl, w Idle it w as know n to the Secretary of the
Tretrstirv, within a few weeks thereafter, that said S.wart-
woilt was t.egSeClit g lo refund sftch^r«trs4 mm.t v, as iie
claimed to do, m.tl that the same werehei g ril'ui ded.
from necessity, mil of other accruing resrnirrs of the Gov
ernment hy said Swartwout.' snn essnr in office.
4:h. That the Sedretuiy of tire Treasury-has been want
ing in ;t priqrcr discharge of his duly in office, in permit
ting tin- present Collector nt New-York to retain under his
own control, and subject to his ow n use, entuntingh d with
said rolieclor’spi ivate funds, large and accumulating sums
of the public money collected for duties paid under protest
and against lire declared opinion r»f said Secrctaiy, and
ibe declared opinion of the Attorney General ol tbe United
Slates tlu the subject, also against the former usages of the
Depart menu and instead of causing the same to he paid in
to lire Treasury of the United States.
■*— ^
Bart ii.—the defalcations of’ william m.
TRICE.
Conclusions of the Committee.
l.-t. That’William .M. I’rice, as district attorney, is a
defaulter to the Government, i.i tr large sunt.
2u. Tlufl his di •Mentions are uftriktltsble to the noto
rious irresponsibility and want character of said i’rice,
at the period of his appointment ai d re-appointment, and
during hU ant ire terms of office,and to the continued neg
lect of a proper and efficb nt discharge of duties at the of
fice of Solicitor of the Ireascry, hy the late and present
incumbetrtS' of that office.
PART fii. THE CORRECTNESS OT THE RETDRNS
WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE PRESENT
COLLECTOR and naval offis’er of the
PORT OF NEW-YORK, RESPECTIVELY.
Conclusions of the ■ Committee.
1st. That the n turns of the collector of customs at the
port of New-Y’ork have not been correct, as they have tret
at ail times embraced, its paid into the public Treasury,
the moneys received by him for unascertained duties, and
ill ti'J tillEU kill duties ^a.d- Ui.def ^iOtlaUl „
2d. That said’collector, tn hi* return*, has violated the
instructions of the Treasury Department; has pat at defi
ance the duties assigned him hy the Secretary of the
Treasury; has repudiated the official decision of the re
sponsible Inw'-officer of the Executive department; and is
guilty of an illegal retention and use of the public money,
iu the amount then held by hitn for protest und unascer
tained duties.
3d. That the Committee has been prevented from ascer
taining what is the extent of the illegal retention and use
of the public money by the present collector of the port of
New-York, either iu funds collected under protest, or for
unascertained duties, or it* other funds collected by him,
because of his refusal to exhibit his own book of cash ile-
posites in bunk, or to permit the banks used bv him as de
positories to exhibit their accounts of itis deposites.
4lit. That the public moneys received by said collector
are mingled with his own moneys on deposite, and are not
kept by him, t or by his hanks of deposite, distinct and
separate from the individual moneys of the collector and
of his “professional clients;” and his returns cani.ot,
therefore, he founded upon them as a separate and inde
pendent. fund, belonging lo Government, though in Iris
keeping.
5th. That, as appears hy the letter of Gorham A. Worth,
the cashier of the City Bank, the present collector has de
posited public moneys in his hands with a hank which
could not, under the law prohibiting the selection of any
bank as a depository which l.us issued not. s under the de
nomination of five dollars, be selected by the Secretary of
the Treusuty himself as a depository of moneys curried to
tl.c credit of the Treasurer of the United Stales.
6th. That tlie mode adopted and practised by the said
collector, of keeping and making returns of the public mo
ney collected by hint for unascertained duties and under
protest, in the language of the present Attorney General
of tile United States, " could never have been the inten
tion oi Congress;” and being “ tolerated,” it has made
it, in the language of the same high officer, “the interest
of the collector to postpone the ascertainment of duties,
as in tlie mean lime he would have the uncontrolled iiseot
the money.” It has also in fulfilment of the reasoning of
the Attorney General, increased “ the danger of faith
lessness in the collector, by permitting large amounts ol
money to remain with him, and under his individual con
trol, instead of being in the Treasury of thcUnited States.”
7th. That, in the language of the Attorney General,
“ the tenor and spirit of all our revenue laws seem to in
culcate the idea that tlie intention of Congress has at all
times been, that money collected for revenue should be
promptly placed in the Treasury, and not be permitted to
tentaiii in tlie hands of the collector.”
3th. That the returns of the naval officer in New-York
have not been correct, as it is found in the testimony of the
present deputy naval officei, “that the naval officer, under
its existing system, is not enabled, either to determine
what amount of bonds has been taken hy the collector for
duties iu uny quarter, or who are the parties to said bonds,
or the dates of said bonds, or when they me payable, or
wtien such bonds are paid, or whether tlie collector dq^t
or does not account truly for such bonds.”
PART IV.—defalcations among receivers of
PUBLIC MONEYS.
The Committee, in fulfilment of that portion of the duty
assigned them, by which they were directed to inquire into
“ any defalcations among receivers, &c., which nitty now
exist,” report to the House, that the limited period which
they had for a thorough investigation of tho subjects with
which they were charged, and the time necessarily con
sumed in the examination of the cases of the late collector
and district attorney of Ncw-Y’ork, have prevented a mi
nute investigation of the extent, nature, and causes of the
defalcations of receivers of public moneys, arising front
the sales of public hinds. The Committee have, however,
prepared, fiotn reports made by the Secretary of the Trea
sure at thu last and present scssiuu of Congress, a tabular
statement, exhibiting the names of due'll defaulters, the
amount duo from each, when due, and tho penalties of
their official bonds, respectively; ulso, tho Correspondence
had between the Treasury Department and tifiecn of the
individuals whose names appear on said statement—the
Committee having culled for, und been furnished by the
Department, with the answers of the receivers to the let
ters of the Secretary of the Treasury, as contained in
House document No. 297. Those fifteen cases are re
ported specially, as examples merely of the manner in
which the President of the United States and the Secretary
of the Treasurv have executed the laws in respect to the
public money and other property of the United States in
the hands of this class of public officers, und in respect lo
their official drily.
The law provides for the appointment by llie Executive,
with the concurrence oftlie Senate, of a receiver of public
ntonevs at each of the places respectively w here the pub
lic ami private sales of the lands are to he made, who
shall give bond, with approved security, for tbe faithful
discharge of his trust; who shall transmil, within thirty
days, ill case of piublic sale, and quaitcrly iu ease of pri
vate sale, an account of nil the public moneys hy him re-
citived lo the Secretary of the Treasury and to tbe re
gisters of the land offices, as tbe case may be. He is al
lowed a salary of five hundred dollars per annum, and a
commission of one per centum on the moneys ren ived :
lint his salary for anv one year shall not exceed J30U0.
The Secretary of the Treasury may allow to the several
receivers of the public money nt the several land offices, a
reaso* able compensation for transporting to and drposil-
i-g such moneys in any bank or any other place of depo
site that may from lime to time lm designated by tbe Sec
retary of the Trensurv for that purpose: He is also au-
thorizi'd to prescribe such further regulations in the
tnnnuer of keeping books und accounts bv the several
officers in tlie land offices, as to him may appear neces
sary and proper. It is made his duly, at least once iu
cv rv year, to cause the hooks of tee officers of the land
offices to he examined, and tin: balance of public moneys
iu the hands of the several receivers to be ascertained.
Tlie foregoing sv nopsis of the law relative Inland re
ceivers, and the correspondence with a portion of those
who have proved defiiAlter* and faithless fo their trusts,
are submitted, without further comment than that the
fun* and circumstances here exhibited show such it dere
liction of dfrty on the part r.4' the Executive department ns
calls loudly for searching examination into this branch of
the public service, and fora thorough reform.
The practice which the foregoing correspondence cx-
hilii!*, of retaining men in office niter gross and repented
violations of law, in keeping and using the public moneys
for private speculation, ai d the character of the cones
poudcnce itself, but too clonriy point to the inference that
such officers were lelnined in place because they possess-d
extensive political influence, and were iisrlnl mid active
partisans. Whether such tnul-udniinislrntiou constitutes
official corruption in those superior officer* of the Execu
tive depattinents who knew and penniltcd in their *nbur-
dinates the conduct which fins been referred to, is a ques
tion which the Committee submit t» the House and the
country to decide,
part v.—facts Connected with the Fore
going DEFALCATIONS, AND DEEMED MATERI
AL TO DEVELOP THEIR TRUE CHARACTER.
I n conclusion, the Committee cannot forbear remark
ing. that, during their whole, investigation, they have not
found the case to which the laws, as they already exist,
do not apply, or in which they ale defective. The perma
nent provisions of the laws constitute every ccccssnrv
( heck upon collectors, receivers, and disburseis of public
money; arid the checks which, hy law, have hern and
may he created, in the discretion of the Executive, have
only to he attended to and applied l.v those whose duty il
is to superintend the execution of the laws, to ensure
faithfulness, and detect derelictions or defalcations hi pub
lic officers.
Indeed, in all the new rcnnmnrendutionswhich IntSe been
proposed hy the President ot the Secretary oftlie Trensu
rv, the Co (unit ire Lug- found either what already exists,
or ivhnt might have always liceit prescribed and enforced
iu the form ofTreasury regulations, and which if enforced,
would have prevented the late defalcations ; nnd these new
recotiiiyendutions can, indeed, lie regarded ns so many
proofs of wh. t regulations in respect to the late defaulting
collectors, receive:s, &r., have been hitherto wholly ne
glected hy the present Executive uml heads of Dopurt-
PART VI. MIL. HOPEH?* SPECIAL CONCURRENCE
IN THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE, APPEND
ED THERETO 15Y VOTE OF THE COMMITTEE.
] have not had the requisite time for scrutinizing the re
port ot the Committee with that cure stud attention which
its length and importance deserve, and which I would have
desired ; and 1 shmdd have preferre d, for this reason, to
have presented the journal ol (he Committee, without com
ment, to the Hotrse of Representatives. But as conflicting
opinions prevail iu the Committee, and tire to be submitted
to the country in the shape of formal reports, I consoler il
my duty to say that I concur with the Committee in all the
conclusions at which they have arrived, so far ns those con
clusion* apply to the extent and character of the delalca
lions of S.-rnnYel Sw artwout and William M. I’rice.
I should be faithless to my duty, and do violence to the
most conscientious convictions of my judgment, if 1 did not
also declare my entire concurrence in those conclusions «t
the Committee which relate to rhe conduct of lire Itr.C rnrVnl
officers of the custom-house at Ncw-York ; of the late and
present Solicitor oftlie Treasury ; to the Secretary
From the New-York Evening Test, February 25,
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
The Liverpool Steamer, Captain Fayrer, has arrived
from Liverpool after a passage of eighteen days and fifteen
hours, having left Liverpool on the 6th of February, sit
half past three o’clock iu the afternoon, and reached, the
wharf in this city at half past 6 this morning. By this
arrival we have Liverpool papers to the 6th of February,
aud London papers to the 5th, both inclusive.
The corn market remains in nearly the same state; the
cotton market appears to have suffered no depression, hut
rather to have improved.
On the 5th of Februury, tbe Queen went in State to the
House of Lords, and opened the session of Parliament.
From Iter speech we take the following items lit reference
to Canada:
“ 1 have to acquaint you with deep concern that the pro
vince ol Lower Canada has again been disturbed hy insur
rection, and that hostile incnrsions’have been made into Up
per Canada by certain lawless inhabitants of the United
Slates of North America. These violations of the public
peace have been promptly suppressed hy the valor ot niy
forces and the loyalty of rny Canadian subjects. Ihe
President oftlie United States has called upon the citizens
of the Union to abstain from proceedings so incompatible
with tlie friendly relations which subsist between Great
Britain and the United States.
1 have directed full information upon all these matters
to be laid before you, and I recommend the present state
of these provinces to your serious consideration. 1 rely
upon you to support my firm determination to maintain the
authority of mv crown, and I trust that your wisdom will
adopt such measures us will secure to those parts of my em
pire the benefits of internal tranquility, and the full advan
tages of their own great natural resources. ’
lit the House of Commons, on the same dvy, Mr. V illcrs
gave notice that fie should move, oil the 19iii of lebruary
that the IJuuse do receive evidence in support of the play
er of the petitioners for a total repeal of ail restrictions on
the importation of foreign corn.
Mr. E. Buffer, moved an address in answer to the speech
from the throne.
Mr. T. Dunscombe moved an amendment, to the effect
that the Reform Bill of 1332, had disappointed the ex
pectations of the country, and that further reform was no-
ccssarv.
Acceptance, by King Leopold cf Ihe decision of Ihe
Conferees.—\Ve have great satisfaction in staling, that
the acceptance hy the King oftlie Netherlands <>l toe de-
finitivearrangements proposed by tlie Conference for a final
settlement between Holland and Belgium, lias arrived in
London. The Netherlands Minister in London has been
authorised to sign the proposed treaty.—Morning Citron.
A letter received by the Liverpool, snv.- ;
“ It is said that Sir Francis liend is about to make a
greater fool of himself than ever. All his despatches, said
to be some of the most absurd rbotlomaitiades ever written,
are likely ! ;, fie made public on the reassembling of l’nrli-
an ’.ent. Ministers have been doing all they can to sup
press them for their own credit, but Sir t nincisis rampant
about it und will not fie shorn of his honors.”
Canadian Prisoners.—The application in behalf of
those men has been refused at the Queen’s Bench. A simi
lar application had been made ut the Exchequer Court
hy Mr. Roebuck. It was arranged that they should he
removed to the I’enitentiary, on tbe order of t!>e Govern
ment.
France.
Tho Paris papers of Friday, February 1st, announce,
that a Cabinet Council lmd been held at the Palace of the
Tuilleries, when it was resolved that the Chamber of De
puties should be dissolved.
This step wus considered of serious character by most
of tlie Put(sian papers. At tbe Bourse tbe effect produc
ed hy it wus unfavorable. The funds fell more than one
half percent. They subsequently rallied, from an under
standing that tlie dissolution w as not really intended,- hut
left oft’, 40 centimes lower than on Wednesday.
The papers state that tho Ministry would undergo a i
slight modification before the commencement ol tlie new
session. General Bernard and Admiral Rosamel would
retire. The Ministry of War would lie offered in Mar
shall Y’allee, and that of Marine to Admiral Baitdiu. Il
was not considered likely, however, that either would ac
cept office.
The deputies of lire Left, tir the number of CO assem
bled at llie residence of M. Odillon Ba.tor, and alter
some strong observations on the steps taken by tbe King
adopted a series of resolutions, one of w hich was to "sup
port w ith till their might, and to secure, if possible, the
re-election of the 2 13 deputies who voted against the Nl in
is t * y in the severe I divisions which took piaffe in the
Chamber on the address in answer to the King s speech.”
In order to give effect lo this resolution the opposition pa
pers publish the names of those deputies.
The Moniteor, after a long review of the events which
led to the dissolution, arrives at the conclusion that it be
came the duty of Ministers to resume the reins of power,
at-d to dissolve the Chambers/ in order lo insure to the
government a Purlinntemtary majority.
The opposition journals state that a very stroi g feeling
of iiidigiiuliim pervaded the public in regard to the disso
lution, and that by every man. except the creatures of Min
isters, the affair wns regarded tis a counterj.-at t of that
which b d lo the expulsion of Charles X, from France.
N OTICE.—WUl be sold at the Government Lot hi tbe
city of MilJedgevilie, at the hour of 12 o’clock, M., on
Wednesday the 20th of March, instant, the old building* o*»
said lot, for cash, with the condition that they be removed on
or before tbe first day of April next, or forfeited.
By order of the Building Committee.
TIMOTHY POUTER. Superintendent.
March 12, 1839. 8 2t
kiit jbotlinlle jHalc nud l'craale Academic*.
O F these institutions the Trustees lake great pleasure in
announcing to the public that they have obtained the
services of Mr. Willi vat H. Evass. in the male depart
ment, the present year. Mr. Evans is a native Georgian ; ol
high tnoral character; a classical scholar, educated at Ran
dolph Macon College, Virginia, and every way well qualified
to discharge the duties of instruction. They have also the
pleasnre of stating, that they have employed Mrs. MaRIAM-
xi B. Cozens, a native of New-York, a lady of high moral
character, literary acquirements, and who has many years ex
perience in teaching. The trustees therefore cheerfully re-
cotntneud and solicit for tlieaj a liberal share of public pat
ronage. The schools are now in successful operation. Tlie
second quarter will commence on the 4th Monday in March
next; and will close with an examination of the schools, and
aa exhibition on the lDih and 20lh days of June next.
Rates of tuition, viz : Primary department, including Or
thography, Reading and Writing, per quarter, 84 OO
Second department, including Writing, Arith
metic, English Grammar, Geography, Natural
Philosophy. Chemistry or History. Ac-
Senior department, including Geometry. Alge
bra, Latin and Greek languages, A c., perqnarter,
Board can be had in the village and its vicinity in good
houses, on moderate terms. This village is remarkably
healthy and piea>atitly situated.
Bv order of the Board of Trustee*.
L1TTLEBEKRY” BOSTWICK, Secretary.
Morgan mnntv. On.. At iroh 1SL q3 It
6 00
8 00
COUNTY.
V fl Whereas Greeneberry Jenkittsappliesto me for letter#
of administration ou the estate of Ann Jenkins, late ot said
county .deceased:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular
the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be andapjtear
at my office within the time prescribed by law,*, to show* cause,
if any they have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under mv hand at office, March let. 1839.
March T?.— 9 ’ft JOHN W. PORTER, C c. o.
F
moiilus aiifi application will be made to thef
honorable Inferior Court id* Morgan county, when sit
ting for tndinarv purposes, for leave to sell Lot No. 131, in
tbe ltith district 2d section of Cherokee county, containing
40 acres, the real estate of Klijah Jenkins, deceased, ot saia
coautv. All persons concerned will please take notice.
GREENEBERKY JENKINS, Ex’or.
MarMi V\ 1 8 4tu
lAj1, AjC * oulhe 5*tii day of April next, at the
v f late residence of Joseph S. Neely, late of Thomas
county, dec* ased. ail the perishable property belonging *o
the estate of suid deceased, consisting of live mules, four
head of horses, a fine barouche, a good road wagon and har
ness, ox cart ami oxen horse cart, live or six hundred head
of cattle, a line stock of hogs, four or Hve thousand pounds of
bacon, twenty five hundred bushels of corn, fodder, peas*
oats, and rice, a good cotton gin, a set'of blacksmith’s tools/
farming utensils, household aud kitchen furniture. Sale to
continue from day to day until all is sold. Terms to tlie'
first of January next.
THOMAS JONES, ) A Wra
A. B. JONES, ’£A Jnrrs *
Febmurv 9* 1939. 8 tff*
Iratiitfnl ILouttl).
J OHN 8AND1FER nud Thomas Saudifer, adminis
trators on the estate of James Sandifer, late of said
county, deceased,having made it appear that 'hey have ful
ly administered said estate, at? persons concertfcd are requir
ed to show cause, if any they liaie, on or before tl.e first
Monday iu September next, why said administrators should
not be dismissed from said administration.
PHILIP J. ECHOLS, c. C.o.
AT--..I, a 1 s-’q g m'iin
The heart in it* physical sense is not sufficient for a
kite's dinner; vet the w hole world is not sufficient for it.”
MARRIED in Greene county, on Thursday evening, 28tli
February, by Thomas Stocks, Esq., Mr. James T. Fl*iU.u\v
to Miss Sarah Ann Hl*tciuxsos. .
Tii Macon, on Wednesday morning tbe 27th ultimo, by tl.e
Rev. S. G. Bragg, Dr. E. L. Stiiuheckeu to Miss Sarah
Ann Williams, all of tha’ rite.
.*•-*. v laoiuiu LOUUIjr,
L EWIS MOBLEY, administrator on the estate of Samp
son P. Mobley, having shown to tbe Court that he has
fully administered said estate—it is therefore ordered, that
citation be issued, requiring al. persons concerned to show
cause, il any they have, on or before the first Monday in Sep
tember next, why said administrator should not Le dismiss
ed fiotn said administration.
PHILIP J. ECHOLS, c. c. o,
March 4. 1839. tnfitif
/S EOKCIA, JONES COUNTY?
VJf Whereas Thomas W. Cltoat applies to me for let
ters of administration ott the estate of his brouter, [sham
Choat, late of said county, deceased—
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular
the kindred and creditors of saiJ deceased, to be and appear
at uiv office within the time prescribed hy law, to show cnUs*,-
if any they have, why said letters should not lie granted.
Given under my hand at office. March 4th, 1839.
CHARLES MACAKTHY. c. c. o.
March 12—8 5t 8 5t
GFORRI.I, SZxaVccf- Comity.
I NFERIOR COL R1, sitting for ordinary purposes, Mon
dav, 4tb March, 1839.—Present, their Honors Richard
S. Hardwick, John W. Rubutr, and Joseph B. Guilder, Jus
tices.
Upon reading and thing tbe petition of Eli H. Baxter, ad
ministralor, with the will annexed/ of Jacquillin Peterson,
deceased, stating that lie has fully administered said estate—
It is ordered, that tiie Clerk of this Court issue a citation,
requiring all persons.to show cause at the next (September
term of this Court, why the said Eli H. Baxter should tiot be
dismissed from said administration, and that said citation hu
published ill o:.e of the public Gazettes ot this Slate for six
months.
A true extract fro in the minutes, 4tb March, 1839.
March i2.— 8 mom HENRY ROGERS, c. c. o.
Died at his residence iu Jones county, on Saturday night
the 23d February last, Mr. Is 11A31 Choat, in the 41st year
cf his age. He had been confined to his bed about 2( days,
tiie greater part of which time be suffered great bodiiv ret in.
tlmOgh he w as seldom or never heard to complain. As a citi
zen he was industrious, high-minded, and honorable; as a
neighbor lie was kind and obliging. He lias left an aged
mother, several brothers and sisters, and a numerous train of ; seph Harr:
relatives and friends to mourn their loss. I March 12.
GICOiUH.i, JRituceck loauijr.
T 8 AOLLKD before me on I no fourth day of February, 1839,
ii one brown bay mare intiie. about 13 years old, common
size, chitukey buiit, no mark or brand only some mark of gear
on her sate and shoulders, and slices ou her fore feet. Toll
ed by YV diinn: H. ripetglits. and appraised by John McLeu
non und Levi Speights to the value of 8-7*).
WILLIAM’ M. BOY'ER, J. v.
A true copy from the Estray Bonk. 6ih March. 1839.
HENRY ROGERS, Clerk.
March 12. 8 2«
fi^vUUK months alter .i.ue. (ryplicatioh willbe x'nade to the
JL honorable Inferior Court ot Putnam county, when sitting
for ordinary purposes, -for leave to sell tiie real estate of Jo
deceased. JAMES VEAL. Adni'r.
39. 8 4m
i 471EOKGIA. MORGAN COUNTY.
F.Y 4» IX 53 J1 S-, N a • j *V_ 4 \\ H K It K A 5 Beimel M. M. Ward, applies to tne for let-
£4 HARP Jc ELLS have just opened a fine and choice ns- t e rs of a luimisirauou on tbe estate of'Cmodne 1J. Ward, de
►V7 sortfuent of- Spring Goods, consisting of Cast-imeres, i ceased
Cloths. Linens. Drillings, and a variety of other goods for | These tire therefore to cite and admonish all and singular
•:i band, a fine j .E„ u: ....a 1 f said deceased, to be and apjteat
fT*iitlemen’s gyring w<?ar. They have also «*n hainl, a fit:
fancy selection of Silks, Saliirs, Prints, *\>mhrirfcs, Bonnets
and Trimming, Belting, Lares, worked Collars. Capes, end
figured Swiss and checked Muslin, of ihe latest style, and of
pnperior quality, togetlrer with various other articles loo te
dious fo mention.
The Book Store is still continued, and v. Li i e kepi con
stantly supplied with the latest and most valuable com rtion
of works in the various departments of polite and useful lit
erature, as well as a general assortment of School Books and
Stationary.
YY
larch —< s
"ILL BE
the kindred and credit?
at mv oH/ce wnuttf the tune pi escribed hy law. to situ?? <:au*e,
il any they have', w tiv enrid lent r* should not be granted.
i\~f r. under my hutio at offir-e. this 4tli dav*T*4'Marcii, 183IL
It JOHN Yv. POKTEK, c. c.o.
SOLD at the late resilience of Littleton
Mapp. deceased, nit Tuesnay, the T(i(fr of April next,
ail the peii.-hnhie propeitv of slid deceased, consisting of
horses, cows and calves, hogs, seven bajjs of clean <dttLiih,
one four-wheeled
?L iY E. are desirous that their friends and tlie public gen- ! ?.! rr> .
ernlly. would give them a call, as they feel confident thev can j o. s, 5 .e on t.teilav. ^ *
offer them sucIk i nd ucewenB as will warrant a rmitiuuancc of ; A *-a*vl. .>,* ^ ids LI ( :» iw iA h.iPP. A dm x.
their fav v of, inonhts ujter date, appHfmiioir will h® made to thu
Milledgeville, Slarch 5, 1330*. 8 tf j 1 J lonornble the Inferior court of iiaiiC9C^ county, when
“itting ior ordinary purposes, for lerrve tosell all the real im
late ! elongin" t*Mbe estate of John M. Sharp, dec r d. f for the
tonr-wheelcd carriage, one forty saw gin and rutnrir^
r, household nftu kitchen farniiure, piMKaticm tftls, *Yc.
•ms of sale on the day.
larcirI rW.-L—8 ufs
jyiACOJT JOCKEY CUJJB KACE&. ^
rrUIK Spring Meeting of 1839. over the Central Course. I benelh of 'th^'ic.ibora ano'hVr* rf mi
■*_ Mae.iii. will commence on the 3a Tuesday (ttt'i day) . TUTTLE fl Al'D-YS
in April next, and continue five days.
First Day—A Sweepstake for two yea? ofds—mile heats, I
8150 subscription, half forfeit, lo close tlie 1st of April— j.
llirec subscriber*, Joseph A. Lee. Iverson A Bonner, G. I
Edmondson.
Second Day*—A Sweepstake for thiee year olds—two [
mile heats, for the Citizens’ I’Inrc. worth 8300—,!.c subscrip- I
tion in proportion to the number of subscribers, to close the j
evening previous to tlie rare.
Third Day—three mile heats, purse, $!C0
Fotrrftf Day—four mile beats, 70 )
Fifth Day—mile heats, best three in live, JJDO
GEO B. ROBERTSON, &. CO., Proprietors.
March 10, 1839. 8 tdr
March 12,18.39.
Arlm’r.
8—4 m
sidei
A LL persons indebted to tbe estate of John M Sharp.
. A. late ol Spm M. dm e ise.1. .*:re request!dto make payment
vithout delay—and those having claims against said deceas
'd will present the::: legally proven wabiti the time prescrib
I ci by Jaw. TUTTLE II. ALDAS, Adni’r.
March 12, 1S39. e fit*
GFORGiA, IFcrgan eotirty.
I NFERIOR COURT, silting f-»r ordinary purposes. Jan
uary 7,1939'—Present tlieir Honors,.Isaac Yv alkei, John
U. Baldwin, artd Wii.iam S. Stokes. Justice*.
The petition of Yriiiliam Shields showeth unto the Courf
: that, on tin day of October, 1835, Allen Shell, n. late «?
: said county, deceased, executed and delivered to l.ml hi*
penal bond in the sum of six liurid. ed dollars, conditioned, to
j make or cause to be made good and lawful title* to* a t ertsin
O N the 18th of April next, at the lati
Echols, deceased, in Ogeletliorpe county, will be sold
all the perishable'property belonging to said esiate. -
SILAS M. ECHOLS, Adm'r. jract or parcel of land, containing one hundred and thirty
March 5tli, 1539. ’ 8 ids [ arres. more or h-«s. situate, lying and being •»* tbe Waters of
A LL persons having demands t* gainst the estate, of James
Echols, deceased, late of Oglethorpe citunty, wifi d >
well to present them ;ti due form; and all indebted are re
quested to make immediate payment.
March 12—8 fit SILAS M. ECHOLS* Adm’r.
TILL BE SOLD ow the first Tuesday i.i May next,
{ within the legal hours of sale, at Spring Place, in M ar
ray roiVmy. hv virffte of a Court of Ordinary of said rminty,
all the real estate of Richard Butler, deceas'd, which lies* hi
said county, consisting, of the following lots of land, viz : Lot i
No. 2fi2, 10th district, 3d siciion : No. 80. No. gf:i, No. 27;.
No. 299, No. 298, in the 9th district of the same section : No '
37, No. 50. No. 182, No. 192. No. 28'!. No. 29t>, afid No.
4 ! in 25th district 2d sec.; and in the ! It'.i disf. .’’d sec. No. 294; j
and in the 7th dis. 3d see. No. 29, and in the 14th dis. 3d sec. !
No. P9. and in the 13lli dis. 3d sec. No. Id.
And on*the first Tuesday in June next, at CassvHle, irrC*i*s pr< party belonging to the estate of Martha Samlets, late
county, the f—flowing: In the 21st dis. 2d sec. N i. d’-3 ; and | Wilkbaton county, dr. cased, oi ii.-i.-ting cf hnuteindd and
reek, adjoining funds of Dr. Elijah Jones. Ro
bert Pearman and Ceorg*- W. Wall.it being the tract of laud*
whereon *nid WH ictn Shie ds now fives; and ir appearing
to the Court .hat the sa d Allen Shelton, has departed this
life w ithout executing the titles to the sard land—Whereup
on, it in ordered by tbe Court, that loseph SI.ebon, surviving
Administrator oh said <- tate, do shew cause, if any he < an,
why a rule should not be granted absolute, requiring him to
execute titles to sur*t land itt conformity whli'the provisions
of said bond: -'-n't it is further ouh red. that this rule be pub
lished in ihe Southern Iveeordei, in conform.ty with tbe pio
visions of tbe statute, in such cases, made and provided.
A true extract lrurn tue minutes, March 7lh, 1839,
JOHN W. PORTEUe e. c tv
March 12. Tf39. 8 mSnf
V I,7 JLi. UK SOLD at the In.use of Wiiiiauj Lords, on
» tiie second Saturday ill May t.sxt, all the personal
aud in lire 6th dis. 3d
counting officer.? of th— Treasury Depart ment, i. clujitt
the late Comptroller cf that Department; and in that part
of the report which reviews .the conduct of J. Hoyt, the
p?eseu*collector of the customs at ihe port of New-York,
GEO. W. HOPKINS,
■ - * Member of the Committee,
= ft
Dr. Duncan said, in explanation, ott Thursday, iittrt.the
reason why the redress of bis wounded honer did nut
sooner take place, wns, that the columns of the Globe
were so crowded, that jtis entninunirutioii had been wait
ing for two webks for room. This is excellent. But it
is only necessary to say in reply that, the letters comp'oring
n large part rtf the piiblicnUou, bear dale some of t-ltem
in the 14th dis. of the 3d tec., No. 1
sec.. No. 259.
And on the- same day r.t Vati Wert, in Paulding eountv,
Lot, No. 44R, in the J 9th dis , 3d section ; No. 15, in the 3d dis.
4tli sec.; and No. 188 in tlie 1st di.-t. 4tli sec.
These lands comprise some of the Most Valuable Ft tt’e-
mrnts in tbe Cherokee country, and wgs selected by the de
ceased in his lifetime, with great care and j vl.nriciu. The
terms will be liberal and accommodating, an i nu de known.ut
the days of sale. Persons wishing to procure lauds m tins
id ai'x j section,will seldom have so good an opportunity r.f pri
kitchen furniture. Bold fas the benefit i i’ tbe heirs aud cred
itors uj said decented. SA.ML. BANDERS, Adtn’r.-
March 4ib, 1839. 8 sd**
AX A WAY from ti.e sdfe*crila r.a young thii By the
name of E-LRKKT.A. Sand;.Its, whw was bound to me.
Any person who will deliver said hoy to me shall receive a
reward oi 6-1 cer.rs, for their trouble.
March 4—8 5t SAMUEL SANDERS.
HlUfyil months afterdate, application w til be male to the'
valuable settlements. Many of the tracts lie aoi uni
that peiiotta wishing extensive tracts can he suited.-
WILLIAM H. UNDERWOOD, / . .
HASTEN M. UNDERWOOD, ) M
Feb. £8,1839 • 8
C ~ N~EOR(3lA, LOWNDE48 COUNTY. ~
si Whekkas Joseph Votes and Sarah Thigpen, apply for
uf ;„„ j L* honorable Inferior Court of Pulaski county, when Jit
trt rs.-
td
as* a CtuSjof .Ordinary, for leave to sell all the Janos
’ belonging tn the estate of David Fuunson.iate of raid County.
decease*!, fur tUc putpose *f divi.-irn among tbe heirs of sa:d-
• estate. * . •** MARY ANN SUlPi
Met V12.
reap T
5 SON, Adm’x.
8 4m
/■ ILL BE bOt-D fln the first Tuesday ni April ext..
? before t’te Court-house v’oor hi Laurens county, be-
IFttsrs of administration on die esutt of Melds Thigpen, late | C.veen tine usual hours ot sale, one Nt gro man nau.rti \\ ash-
ofi said county, defcoaeerl 1 ‘ j mgton, helongiig to the estate of John T. EBnigjen, deceased.
These are therefore to cite nfi’d adinoiii.-li alb and singular Sold for ti e benefit et the J.cirs and ^c:editors.
the kiudred and creditors of said deceased, to be had appeal • March I?—8 i‘a J- T. MASON. A dm r
at my office, within time prescribed by law. u. sSov* cause j ^ yoBGt A, TALIAFERRO COUNTY,
d ally exist, why saut letters should nctoc granted, V>f ’ Vv ittHPAS Jaiut s R. Brooke applies tn me fbr Iriwu
C.tven urtder my hand this 6th day of March. 153F. admiidstration the estate of Dr. fit., tubus S of
Marcirr.', 1939-8 5t Av M. xRITH. c. e. o. Uid com.tv, deceased^
the 9tli ; some the 12th ; some the ISlli ; m.d -one* rim ! S7P LK after Jure, uptdiaution writ no tt«io iofc i The.-ra are therefore th.cite and a hffr.ish MI and sineuiac
, It liomu aofe Jaici tor u-ottri yj Ae* to:>t:o.l:t.y, vvlg.c attmg ;t;:e X l ..u±e<a. hoc. v vc.i •**tr3 ot s;<:«•’*• teceuscxi, to oc i.nc B^yrtn'
tor ordinary purposes, fey irate o, e.! the rea; estate oi AiotZ j-at mv ..it. c w ituiifthe Sfce preset ibed fey Jaw, to show cause.
ia;d t (Minty de.tv :s.eJ, ' avaajyUicyf tfaui teuer*should not jpvnted
1 ' .'fiN Ai-ls-’i.U. Adm’t ( usher my i;a;.d, ai office tftis litit ”dbtaary, 1839
*» arrr March la.—r 'it Qb’!,5l£A Oi V£44*’ c - *-• °
19th. tbo vtry day it appeared ! ami this, the day too. AO
which the bill lo jnevenl duelling became thu luw t Now j ...jjer y.ic Civs kei
lliffft could this gri.-l offedres- have been ground for two i
we ks raevious U>Th-uisdav, idc Jk>t.—iihikcuiun. i M
,.i cc -;: u